Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network is a "network of more than 80 human rights organisations, institutions and individuals based in 30 countries in the Euro-Mediterranean region, "Established in 1997 in response to the Barcelona Declaration and the establishment of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership".

"The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network is founded during a meeting at the Danish Institute for Human Rights [1] in Copenhagen by a group of human rights activists from the North and the South of the Mediterranean...

"Then the Danish Centre for Human Rights. Initiators were Morten Kjaerum and Said Essoulami. Participants were from the Arab Human Rights Institute; Danish Centre for Human Rights; Dutch Refugee Council; Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights; European Council on Refugees and Exiles; Euro-Mediterranean Institute for Migration and Asylum; French Human Rights League; Greek Committee for International Democratic Solidarity; Al Haq; Italian Helsinki Committee; Human Rights Centre Essex; Moroccan Human Rights Organisation; Aabo Akademi; Ms Saeda Kilani, Mr Saad Djebbar."

Funding
"The EMHRN received funds from among others:


 * European Commission
 * DANIDA
 * SIDA
 * Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Foreign Department, Ireland
 * Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Luxemburg
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
 * The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * Belgium Ministry of Justice
 * UNHCR
 * Ford Foundation
 * Open Society Institute
 * Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
 * Heinrich Böll Stiftung
 * DanChurchAid
 * NOVIB
 * ICCO
 * Diakonia-Sweden
 * Coopération Sud
 * Le Cercle de coopération des ONG du dévéloppement de Luxembourg
 * European Cultural Foundation
 * Fondation René Seydoux
 * Plum Foundation
 * Peace Foundation

Executive Committee
Accessed October 2007:


 * President: Mr.Kamel Jendoubi, Tunisia
 * Vice President: Ms. Eva Norstrom, Sweden
 * Treasurer: Mr. Nizam Assaf, Jordan
 * Wadih Ange Al-Asmar, Lebanon
 * Nina Atallah, Palestine
 * Iain Byrne, UK
 * Maria de Donato, Italy
 * Moataz El Fegiery, Egypt
 * Birgit Lindsnas, Denmark
 * Rabea Naciri, Morocco
 * Colm Regan, Ireland
 * Michel Tubiana, France

Current Working Group on Palestine/Israel and Palestinians
Accessed October 2007:
 * B'Tselem - Anat Barsella
 * ACSUR - Las Segovias - Maria Encinas
 * Al-Haq - Mays Warrad
 * Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights - Mahmoud Abu Rahma
 * Bruno Kreisky Foundation for Human Rights - Stefan Luetgenau
 * Public Committee Against Torture in Israel - Orah Maggen
 * Palestinian Centre for Human Rights - Hamdi Shaqqura
 * alah - Hassan Jabareen
 * Arab Association for Human Rights - Mohammed Zeidan
 * Federation of Associations for the Defense and the Promotion of Human Rights - David Bondia Garcia
 * Greek Committee for International Democratic Solidarity - Eugenia Papamakariou
 * Palestinian Human Rights Organisation - Ghassan Abdellah
 * Individual member of the EMHRN - Per Stadig

Contact

 * Web: http://www.euromedrights.net

Related Sourcewatch

 * Randa Siniora